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The enemies, abandoned by their armies and stripped of their possessions, were truly left without support. ||9|| The enemies, constantly enjoying the fruits of their wealth, were ironically reduced to a state of poverty, even in their anger. ||10|| Bharata's concern for *sandhi* (union) and *vigraha* (separation) was only in the realm of grammar, not in relation to his enemies. For, how could he engage in *sandhi* with those who had been vanquished, or in *vigraha* with those who had been destroyed? ||11|| Thus, although there was no enemy worthy of being conquered, Bharata, under the guise of conquering the directions, merely circled his own territory. ||12|| Bharata's army invaded the land on the other side of the ocean, where the land was shaded by betel nut trees and filled with coconut groves. ||13|| The juice of the young coconut trees flowed, providing refreshment for Bharata's soldiers resting in the shade of the trees on the banks of the lakes. ||14||